Education Authority Schools Average number of pupils per class at September

Education authority

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1987

1989

1991

1993

Glasgow

19.8

19.7

20.2

20.0

19.8

n/a

17.4

18.5

18.9

19.5

Lanark

20.2

20.5

20.0

20.7

21.1

n/a

20.4

19.9

20.4

20.8

Renfrew

19.6

19.9

20.2

20.2

20.4

n/a

18.7

19.7

20.2

20.7

1 Until the 1983 school census, classes for small numbers of primary pupils withdrawn for short periods of time from their normal classes were included in the calculation of average class size. From 1983, all pupils were counted against their normal class for statistical purposes.